A blog about the grief after losing a child to Niemann Pick, Type C, a rare disease, and how I'm moving forward with my life.

Monday, December 24, 2012

Christmas Week 5 for 5

It's Monday! That means a new installment of 5 for Five with Jenn and Jessica! See the blogs participating by clicking on the button on the left or below.

Last week's goals:
1. Really decide on the Christmas plans (it's only 1 week away!)
I decorated a bit, see the post here. We also went to a step-son's house for a fun family gathering. We will be going to my mom's for Christmas dinner too.

2. Finish getting caught up on my blog reading and commenting.
Still working on this one! I only have 783 blogs to read....I don't think I'm going to be commenting on all of them.

3. Go grocery shopping
Done! $231 later we have food again! To be fair, it is just two of us and we haven't been grocery shopping in probably 3-4 weeks. And I saved almost $100 using my grocery savings card and coupons. I probably could have saved more, but I wasn't organized enough with the coupons.

4. Make fresh juice twice this week.
Nope...not once...but I looked at all the fruit and veggies I have to make some. Does that count?

5. Read 10 newspapers.
I read 8 (although most of them were yesterday)

Not too bad this past week.

So what are the plans for Christmas week?
1. Rest while I have a few days off.
2. Make fresh juice twice this week.
3. Read 10 newspapers.
4. Finish wrapping presents.
5. Get my coupons organized.

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About Me

I spent 4.5 years getting a diagnosis of Niemann-Pick, Type C for my son and 4.5 months to live with it. Daniel, my little soldier, spent almost 5 years with us, Dec 7, 2006 - Nov 11, 2011. I have been blessed with a beautiful healthy daughter, born in August 2013.